EP3315434B2 - Système d'acheminement d'objets dans un groupe de travail à plusieurs entrées - Google Patents

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EP3315434B2
EP3315434B2 EP17197765.5A EP17197765A EP3315434B2 EP 3315434 B2 EP3315434 B2 EP 3315434B2 EP 17197765 A EP17197765 A EP 17197765A EP 3315434 B2 EP3315434 B2 EP 3315434B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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    • B65G33/02—Screw or rotary spiral conveyors for articles
    • B65G33/04—Screw or rotary spiral conveyors for articles conveyed between a single screw and guiding means
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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  • the present invention generally relates to systems and methods for arranging objects which are substantially identical in shape and have a predetermined orientation, in order to feed such objects in a controlled manner to a working or handling station which simultaneously receives and handles a plurality of such objects in parallel.
  • the invention relates to a system for arranging and feeding food capsules, especially beverage preparations (coffee capsules), to a filling machine having a plurality of parallel filling lines with respective entrance points for the empty capsules to be filled (multi-entrance filling machine).
  • a system for arranging coffee capsules at a multi-entrance filling machine comprises an orientation device for orienting the empty capsules in the desired orientation (usually with their opening upwards), and a very wide conveyor belt which receives the oriented capsules from the orientation device, and accumulates and conveys them along a number (typically six) of parallel paths, arranged side-by-side, to the filling machine having six entrances for the empty capsules to be filled.
  • Each entrance of the filling machine corresponds to one of the six conveying paths defined on the conveyor belt, which arranges the empty capsules in a single row for each entrance of the filling machine, which capsules are accumulated in mutual contact and pushed towards/into the entrance so as to be simultaneously picked up by the filling machine and filled.
  • US4960156 describes an apparatus for topping off containers with liquid which forms a closest state of the art for the invention.
  • US4960156 discloses a system according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • the system for arranging objects at a multi-entrance work group comprises the features of claim 1.
  • the screw distributor allows to employ only one conveying path for carrying the objects and feeding, however, a plurality of entrances of the multi-entrance work group.
  • the conveyor cost, the complexity of the control unit and the number of sensors for detecting the presence of the objects on the conveyor are thus decreased. Moreover, also the size, weight and energy consumption of the conveyor are reduced.
  • a distribution member separate from the conveying channel facilitates the adaptation of the system in case of changes in the position of the entrance points, changes in the number of the entrance points, and changes in the object conveyed and placed.
  • a system 1 for providing objects 2 at a multi-entrance work group 3 comprises an orientation device 4 for orienting the objects 2 with a desired orientation, as well as a conveyor 5 connected to the orientation device 4 and adapted to receive the objects 2 with the desired orientation from the orientation device 4, and convey the oriented objects 2 in a single row (while maintaining an equal orientation of the oriented objects 2) along a conveying path 6 up to a (final or intermediate) pickup section 7 of the conveying path 6.
  • System 1 further comprises a screw distributor 8 arranged at the pickup section 7 of the conveying path 6 and extending along a predetermined number of entrance points 9 of the multi-entrance work group 3.
  • the screw distributor 8 comprises a helical wall 13 which is shaped and capable of being actuated in rotation so as to engage a predetermined number of objects 2 in sequence from the pickup section 7, and place each of the engaged objects 2 in one of said entrance points 9 of the multi-entrance work group 3, respectively.
  • Using a single conveying path in combination with a screw distributor for replenishing objects to a plurality of entrances of the multi-entrance work group reduces the conveyor cost, the complexity of the control unit, and the number of sensors for detecting the presence of the objects on the conveyor. The size, weight and power consumption of the whole system 1 are also reduced.
  • a distribution member separate from the conveying channel formed by the conveyor 5 facilitates the adaptation of the system 1 in case of changes in the position of the entrance points 9, changes in the number of the entrance points 9, and changes in the shape of the object 2 conveyed and positioned.
  • the helical wall 13 forms a worm screw (with or without central shaft), rotatably supported about an axis of rotation 10 and capable of being rotated about the axis of rotation 10 by means of an electric motor 11, such as a brushless motor, and a transmission 12, preferably a toothed belt transmission.
  • an electric motor 11 such as a brushless motor
  • a transmission 12 preferably a toothed belt transmission.
  • the helical wall 13 defines a longitudinal pitch, i.e. the free distance between two longitudinally adjacent turns, and a longitudinal thickness 14 of the single turns (shown in figure 9 ) which determine the mutual distance(s) of the objects 2 and the width(s) of the worm screw grooves 16 accommodating the objects 2.
  • the predetermined number of objects 2 (six, for example) from the pickup section 7 can thus be easily distributed with high speed (such as 0.45 seconds) and accuracy in the entrance points 9 of the multi-entrance work group 3 by selecting the geometry of the helical wall 13 and the number of turns of the helical wall 13 for each distribution cycle.
  • the positioning of the objects 2 is a function of the geometry of the helical wall 13 and of the angular (rotation) position thereof with respect to a reference angular (rotation) position, whereas the number of objects 2 positionable in a corresponding number of entrance points 9 is a function of the number of complete 360° revolutions of the helical wall 13 for each distribution cycle, provided that the total number of turns of the helical wall 13 is sufficient to accommodate the predetermined number of objects 2 during a single distribution cycle.
  • the thickness 14 and pitch 15 of the helical wall 13 are substantially constant along the longitudinal extension thereof.
  • a front end 17 of the helical wall 13 may be thinned to better fit between two objects 2 accumulated in the pickup section 7 and engage them individually in sequence.
  • a guide system 27 is formed along the helical wall 13 (worm screw), adapted to form a constraint against the movements of the objects 2 in the direction transverse to the axis of rotation 10.
  • the guide system 27 is configured to maintain the orientation of the objects 2 while they are picked up, one by one, and accommodated individually in the grooves 16 formed by the helical wall 13, and carried to the respective entrance point 9 of the multi-entrance work group by means of the rotation of the helical wall 13.
  • the guide system 27 forms an extension of at least some of the guide surfaces of conveyor 5 ( figure 9 ), which will be described below.
  • the axis of rotation 10, i.e. the longitudinal axis, of the worm screw formed by the helical wall 13 is at least approximately aligned with or parallel to an accumulation/staking or output direction 18 of the objects 2 in the pickup section 7.
  • conveyor 5 is not required to push the single object 2 transversely into the first groove 19 of the helical wall only once it has been cleared (when the previous object has already moved to the next second groove), but the helical wall 13 naturally and continuously screws into the row of objects 2 already arranged in the correct position and with the correct feeding direction. This speeds up the distribution of the objects 2 in the entrance points 9 and prevents the objects 2 from undesirably snapping and bumping against the screw distributor 8.
  • the axis of rotation 10, i.e. the longitudinal axis, of the worm screw may be oriented in the direction transverse or oblique to the accumulating or output direction 18 of the pickup section 7.
  • the orientation device 4 may comprise an orientation device of rotary or gravitational or different type, widely known in the field.
  • rotary orienters are described in EP2883818A1 , for example.
  • gravitational orienters are described in WO2015125161A1 , for example.
  • Conveyor 5 may comprise a support structure 20 forming a channel 21 extending along the conveying path 6 and adapted to receive a single row of objects 2, and one or more support and sliding surfaces 22 extending along the conveying path 6 and adapted to support the objects 2 in channel 21, where the single objects 2 are hanging/resting in channel 21 with their open end 23 (in case of coffee capsules) facing upwards and with their closed end 24 facing downwards.
  • Conveyor 5 comprises a blowing system 25 which directs one or more air flows into channel 21, so as to move the objects 2 in the conveying direction along the conveying path 6 and exert an accumulation thrust thereon, in the pickup section 7, while they are in pressing contact against one another in the aforesaid output direction 18.
  • Means for such an accumulation thrust may comprise one or more blowers, one or more mechanical pushers, one or more star wheels, downwards tilted or vertical accumulation sections, etc.
  • the support and sliding surfaces 22 may comprise two lateral longitudinal bars 30 extending on two opposite lateral sides of the conveying path 6 and spaced apart so as to provide both a support from underneath for a circumferential edge 26 of the capsule ( figure 9 ).
  • the support and sliding surfaces 22 may also comprise a third longitudinal upper bar 31 extending over an upper side of the conveying path 6 and spaced apart from the lateral bars 30 so as to provide a further guide from above and an anti-escape support for the capsule ( figure 9 ).
  • the support and sliding surfaces 22 extend into the pickup section 7 at least up to where the screw distributor 8 engages the objects 2 (coffee capsules).
  • at least a part of the support and sliding surfaces 22 extend along the helical wall 13 and form the aforesaid guide system 27 of the screw distributor 8.
  • the two lateral longitudinal bars 30 extend both along the pickup section 7 and along the helical wall 13, whereas the third longitudinal upper bar 31 extends along the pickup section 7 and ends close to the front end 17 of the helical wall 13, so as to allow the empty coffee capsules arranged in the entrance points 9 to be gripped and lifted upwards by means of the gripping means of the filling machine 3.
  • the conveying path 6 may comprise one or more bendings to better fit the space constraints in the installation site.
  • the conveying path is substantially horizontal.
  • a minimum filling sensor 28 e.g. a photocell
  • a minimum filling sensor 28 located upstream of the pickup section 7 or at the pickup section 7 in a position corresponding to a row length sufficient to meet the minimum filling criterion.
  • a maximum filling sensor 32 e.g. a photocell
  • An electronic control unit 29 of system 1 controls the orientation device 4 as a function of signals from the minimum filling sensor 28 and the maximum filling sensor 32.
  • the electronic control unit 29 of system 1 may control the conveyor 5 as a function of signals from the minimum filling sensor 28 and/or the maximum filling sensor 32.
  • control unit 29 activates or accelerates the operation of the orientation device 4 in the case of less filling than the preset minimum filling, deactivates or slows down the operation of the orientation device 4 in the case of greater filling than the preset maximum filling, and/or stops or slows down the actuation of the screw distributor 8 in the case of insufficient filling of the pickup section 7.
  • the actuation of the orientation device 4 and the conveyor 5 must not necessarily be synchronous with the working cycle of the multi-entrance work group 3, e.g. with the filling cycle of the coffee filling machine, as the objects 2 accumulated in the pickup section 7 and upstream of the pickup section 7 form a buffer of objects 2 to be processed.
  • control unit 29 also controls the filling machine or cooperates with a control unit of the filling machine for actuating the screw distributor 8 synchronously with the filling cycle of the filling machine.
  • the invention is also directed to a method for arranging objects 2 at a multi-entrance work group 3 according to claim 11.
  • the present invention may be particularly advantageously implemented for arranging empty coffee capsules at a multi-entrance coffee filling machine, and possibly filling the capsules with coffee by means of the filling machine. Therefore, the terms "multi-entrance work group” and "object” take, on the one hand, their general meaning, and on the other they indicate a "multi-entrance machine for filling a substance for the preparation of a beverage, especially coffee” and a "capsule for a substance for the preparation of a beverage, especially coffee", respectively.
  • multi-entrance work group denotes a general work group adapted and configured to carry out a work with the plurality of objects fed thereto. Such a work may comprise either the handling or processing of objects to modify them or an activity using and combining each of the objects together with another material or another component for manufacturing a more advanced finished or semi-finished product.
  • the work performed by the multi-entrance work group may be a deformation, cutting, molding, staining, inspection, heat treatment or cleaning work on the objects.
  • the work performed by the multi-entrance work group may be a work of filling the objects with an additional material or combining each of the objects with an additional component or combining a plurality of such objects together.
  • the term "entrance point(s)" indicates the position(s) in which the objects are fed into, or made available for, the multi-entrance work group.
  • the processing or handling carried out by the multi-entrance work group does not necessarily occur in the entrance points, but it can take place in an innermost part of the multi-entrance work group.
  • the multi-entrance work group may be a device for simultaneously filling a plurality of capsules for the preparation of beverages (such as coffee) with a beverage or a beverage powder (such as ground coffee).
  • object here denotes a capsule for the preparation of coffee which can be filled with ground coffee powder.

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  1. Système (1) permettant d'agencer des objets (2) au niveau d'un groupe de travail (3) à plusieurs entrées, comprenant :
    - un transporteur (5) adapté pour transporter les objets (2) orientés en une seule rangée le long d'un chemin de transport (6) jusqu'à une section de ramassage (7) du chemin de transport (6),
    - un distributeur à vis (8) agencé au niveau de la section de ramassage (7) et s'étendant le long d'un nombre prédéterminé de points d'entrée (9) du groupe de travail (3) à plusieurs entrées, ledit distributeur à vis (8) comprenant une paroi hélicoïdale (13) formée et utilisable en rotation de manière à mettre en prise un nombre desdits objets (2) correspondant au nombre prédéterminé de points d'entrée (9) et positionner chacun des objets (2) mis en prise dans l'un desdits points d'entrée (9), respectivement,
    caractérisé en ce que le système comprend :
    - un dispositif d'orientation (4) permettant d'orienter les objets (2) avec une orientation souhaitée, et en ce que
    - le transporteur (5) est relié au dispositif d'orientation (4), et en ce que le transporteur (5) comprend :
    - une structure de support (20) formant un canal (21) étendu le long du chemin de transporteur (6) et adapté pour recevoir une seule rangée d'objets (2), et
    - une ou plusieurs surfaces de support et de coulissement (22) étendues le long du chemin de transporteur (6) et adaptées pour supporter les objets (2) dans le canal (21), dans lequel les seuls objets (2) sont supportés dans le canal (21) avec une extrémité ouverte (23) faisant face vers le haut et avec une extrémité fermée (24) faisant face vers le bas,
    - un système de soufflage (25) qui dirige un ou plusieurs flux d'air dans le canal de telle façon à déplacer les objets (2) le long du chemin de transporteur (6) et à exercer sur eux, dans la section de ramassage (7), une poussée d'accumulation en contact à pression les uns contre les autres dans une direction de sortie (18) vers le transporteur à vis (8),
    le système (1) comprenant:
    - un capteur de remplissage minimal (28) situé en amont de la section de ramassage (7) ou au niveau de la section de ramassage (7) dans une position correspondant à une longueur de rangée suffisante pour satisfaire à un critère de remplissage minimal, afin d'assurer la présence, dans la section de ramassage (7), d'une rangée dont le nombre d'objets (2) est supérieur au nombre prédéterminé de points d'entrée (9),
    - un capteur de remplissage maximal (32) situé au niveau du transporteur (5) à une distance de sécurité du point de sortie du dispositif d'orientation (4) correspondant à un critère de remplissage maximal, afin d'éviter que les objets (2) ne s'accumulent dans le convoyeur (5) jusqu'à proximité du point de sortie du dispositif d'orientation (4),
    - une unité de commande électronique (29) qui commande le dispositif d'orientation (4) en fonction des signaux provenant du capteur de remplissage minimal (28) et du capteur de remplissage maximal (32).
  2. Système (1) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la paroi hélicoïdale (13) forme une vis sans fin supportée pour tourner autour d'un axe de rotation (10) et actionnée en rotation autour de l'axe de rotation (10) au moyen d'un moteur électrique (11) et d'une transmission à courroie crantée (12).
  3. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'épaisseur (14) et le pas (15) de la paroi hélicoïdale (13) sont sensiblement constants le long de l'extension longitudinale de celle-ci, excepté pour une extrémité avant amincie (17) pour mieux s'insérer entre deux objets (2).
  4. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un système guide (27) est formé le long de la paroi hélicoïdale (13) qui empêche des déplacements des objets (2) dans au moins une direction transversale par rapport à l'axe de rotation (10) de la paroi hélicoïdale (13),
    ledit système guide (27) étant configuré de telle façon à maintenir la même orientation que les objets (2) tandis qu'ils sont individuellement reçus dans des rainures (16) formées par la paroi hélicoïdale (13) et portés chacun dans le point d'entrée (9) respectif.
  5. Système (1) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le système guide (27) forme une extension de surfaces guides du transporteur (5).
  6. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'axe de rotation (10) de la paroi hélicoïdale (13) est sensiblement parallèle à une direction d'accumulation et/ou de sortie (18) des objets (2) dans la section de ramassage (7).
  7. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le transporteur (5) comprend des moyens qui exercent une poussée d'accumulation sur les objets (2) en contact à pression les uns contre les autres dans une direction de sortie (18) vers le transporteur à vis (8), dans la section de ramassage (7).
  8. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les surfaces de support et de coulissement (22) sont formées par :
    - deux barres longitudinales latérales (30) étendues sur deux cotés latéraux opposés du chemin de transporteur (6) et espacées l'une de l'autre de telle façon à fournir toutes les deux un support par en dessous pour un bord circonférentiel (26) de l'objet (2),
    - une troisième barre supérieure longitudinale (31) étendue sur un côté supérieur du chemin de transporteur (6) et espacée des barres latérales (30) de manière à fournir un guide supplémentaire depuis le dessus et un support antiglisse pour l'objet (2).
  9. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le chemin de transporteur (6) est sensiblement horizontal.
  10. Système (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant ledit groupe de travail (3) à plusieurs entrées, dans lequel lesdits objets (2) sont des capsules de café et ledit groupe de travail (3) à plusieurs entrées est une machine de remplissage de café.
  11. Procédé permettant d'agencer des objets (2) au niveau d'un groupe de travail (3) à plusieurs entrées, ledit procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    - orienter les objets (2) avec une orientation souhaitée,
    - transporter les objets (2) avec l'orientation souhaitée en une seule rangée le long d'un chemin de transporteur (6) jusqu'à une section de ramassage (7) du chemin de transporteur (6) en utilisant un transporteur (5),
    - agencer un distributeur à vis (8) avec une paroi hélicoïdale (13) au niveau de la section de ramassage (7) du chemin de transporteur (6) et étendre la paroi hélicoïdale (13) le long d'un nombre prédéterminé de points d'entrée (9) du groupe de travail (3),
    - faire tourner la paroi hélicoïdale (13) de manière à mettre en prise un nombre d'objets (2) correspondant au nombre prédéterminé de points d'entrée (9) et de manière à placer chacun des objets (2) mis en prise dans l'un desdits points d'entrée (9),
    caractérisé en ce que le transporteur (5) comprend :
    - une structure de support (20) formant un canal (21) étendu le long du chemin de transporteur (6) et adapté pour recevoir une seule rangée d'objets (2), et
    - une ou plusieurs surfaces de support et de coulissement (22) étendues le long du chemin de transporteur (6) et adaptées pour supporter les objets (2) dans le canal (21), dans lequel les seuls objets (2) sont supportés dans le canal (21) avec une extrémité ouverte (23) faisant face vers le haut et avec une extrémité fermée (24) faisant face vers le bas,
    - un système de soufflage (25) qui dirige un ou plusieurs flux d'air dans le canal de telle façon à déplacer les objets (2) le long du chemin de transporteur (6) et à exercer sur eux, dans la section de ramassage (7), une poussée d'accumulation en contact à pression les uns contre les autres dans une direction de sortie (18) vers le transporteur à vis (8), dans lequel la méthode comprend l'utilisation d'un système (1) pour disposer des objets (2) dans un groupe de travail à entrées multiples (3) selon la revendication 1.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, dans lequel lesdits objets (2) sont des capsules de café et ledit groupe de travail (3) à plusieurs entrées est une machine de remplissage de café.
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